Bono urges crowd to dig deep for homeless

Logo · 26-12-2018 10:43pm #1

Speaks for itself

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bono-urges-crowd-to-dig-deep-for-the-homeless-as-he-leads-christmas-eve-busk-in-dublin-37656371.html

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/is-it-fair-to-label-bono-a-hypocrite-over-his-tax-affairs-or-is-hypocrisy-just-a-part-of-life-36305907.html

_Brian · 26-12-2018 10:45pm

And yet isn’t their company registered elsewhere to avoid paying tax here that go towards helping out.

He needs a hot poker stuck right into his eye, possibly more than once.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 26-12-2018 10:46pm

The guy has some neck but that's hardly news as he was always the same.

DrumSteve · 26-12-2018 10:46pm

It’s a good idea to help homeless people especially at this time of year. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

Well done bono.

Rubberchikken · 26-12-2018 10:49pm

god probably the most boring person on the planet. glen hansard would be second.
they bang on about homelessness to the point where i couldnt give a flying fig any longer.

jpm4 · 26-12-2018 10:49pm

_Brian wrote: »

And yet isn’t their company registered elsewhere to avoid paying tax here that go towards helping out.

He needs a hot poker stuck right into his eye, possibly more than once.

You done much to help the homeless recently?

q85dw7osi4lebg · 26-12-2018 10:49pm

Why pay more taxes than you legally have to ?

It's not like the taxes the government already take in are used to solve homelessness.

Logo · 26-12-2018 10:49pm

Why be a hypocrite though
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/bono-brings-it-all-back-home-to-cedarwood-road-1.1933452

colm_mcm · 26-12-2018 10:51pm

He allegedly has personal wealth of €600 million.

He could dig deep, give away half his wealth and buy 100 houses.

He doesn’t have to of course, it’s easier to do this ****e.

Wheeliebin30 · 26-12-2018 10:51pm

Abby Lively Xerox wrote: »

Why pay more taxes than you legally have to ?

It's not like the taxes the government already take in are used to solve homelessness.

They are actually.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 26-12-2018 10:51pm

jpm4 wrote: »

You done much to help the homeless recently?

Paid taxes.

enfant terrible · 26-12-2018 10:53pm

Which charity gets most of the money to the poor and the least to the bosses of the charities?

_Brian · 26-12-2018 10:53pm

jpm4 wrote: »

You done much to help the homeless recently?

Work with a support group that provides counceling and run a drop in centre, all volunteer ran and supported by fundraising.
Perhaps if the super rich paid a fair share of taxes more funding could be circulated where it’s needed.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 26-12-2018 10:53pm

jpm4 wrote: »

You done much to help the homeless recently?

I'd imagine, between taxes and private contributions, many of us pay more as a percentage of our income to relieve the plight of the homeless than Bono.

odyssey06 · 26-12-2018 10:55pm

He did a great job helping out the people of Burma, god help the homeless cos Bono sure isn't gonna help anyone with this virtue signalling hypocrisy.

_Brian · 26-12-2018 10:55pm

Abby Lively Xerox wrote: »

Why pay more taxes than you legally have to ?

It's not like the taxes the government already take in are used to solve homelessness.

But only this level of super rich get to choose to register out of the country while the ordinary pleb is like a fish in a barrel

Defaulter1831 · 26-12-2018 10:55pm

Nobby tells the proletariat what to do whilst not paying tax in his country of birth where said problem is.

Just fcuk off Nobby, you're just a mouthpiece.

Logo · 26-12-2018 10:56pm

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/property/homes-stars-dublins-celebrities-live-10956129
Killiney is something of a celebrity hotspot, and just down the road from Enya is
another obscenely rich Irish musician - good old Bono.

His family home is in Ballymun on the Northside, but the U2 star lives in a plush Vico Road mansion with his family.

jpm4 · 26-12-2018 10:57pm

_Brian wrote: »

Work with a support group that provides counceling and run a drop in centre, all volunteer ran and supported by fundraising.
Perhaps if the super rich paid a fair share of taxes more funding could be circulated where it’s needed.

So you'd be happier then if bono did absolutely nothing? Wouldn't help anyone at all then but would make you less angry? And you seem very angry.

[Deleted User] · 26-12-2018 10:58pm

Sainthood is imminent, amass considerable wealth and never shell out a penny à la Vatican.

Yamanoto · 26-12-2018 10:59pm

Logo wrote: »

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/property/homes-stars-dublins-celebrities-live-10956129
Killiney is something of a celebrity hotspot, and just down the road from Enya is
another obscenely rich Irish musician - good old Bono.

His family home is in Ballymun on the Northside, but the U2 star lives in a plush Vico Road mansion with his family.

And?

FFS.

Defaulter1831 · 26-12-2018 11:00pm

Anything to stay relevant with Nobby as U2 age and produce less material and are pretty much out of the limelight at present... despite past, accepted, achievement.

Nobby, 58, moves into later stages of middle age, any attempt to stay in the limelight.

EdgeCase · 26-12-2018 11:01pm

The issue is down to very badly broken public policy. The only way you'll sort homelessness here is if politicians start to think it's an election issue.

Asking people to 'dig deep' won't solve an issue that's being driven by an echo of a failed public policy going all the way back to before the previous housing bubble.

_Brian · 26-12-2018 11:01pm

jpm4 wrote: »

So you'd be happier then if bono did absolutely nothing? Wouldn't help anyone at all then but would make you less angry? And you seem very angry.

I’d be happier if say he or JP McManus paid the same % of their income to the state say as a family earning €80k, maybe that would help allot of people.

I think it’s hypocritical to tell people alread paying way higher % of their income to “dig deep” to help out.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-12-2018 11:04pm

He could actually buy houses for all the actual rough sleepers within a five mile radius of that gig and still have a fortune in the bank

Logo · 26-12-2018 11:05pm

Honestly can't deny Bono or U2 their fame and fortune. It is well deserved. But it's a bit rich of him to urge crowd to dig deep for the homeless

Franz Von Peppercorn · 26-12-2018 11:07pm

Logo wrote: »

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/property/homes-stars-dublins-celebrities-live-10956129
Killiney is something of a celebrity hotspot, and just down the road from Enya is
another obscenely rich Irish musician - good old Bono.

His family home is in Ballymun on the Northside, but the U2 star lives in a plush Vico Road mansion with his family.

I don’t like him but his family home is now in killiney. He grew up in ballymun but left.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 26-12-2018 11:09pm

jpm4 wrote: »

So you'd be happier then if bono did absolutely nothing? Wouldn't help anyone at all then but would make you less angry? And you seem very angry.

He isnf doing anything. He’s asking other people to. Homelessness can only be solved by the government.

Gimme A Pound · 26-12-2018 11:09pm

It's his money - he can do what he likes with it... until he starts preaching at others to cough up. He probably has made a donation himself but should leave it at that.

orourkeda1977 · 26-12-2018 11:10pm

Abby Lively Xerox wrote: »

Why pay more taxes than you legally have to ?

It's not like the taxes the government already take in are used to solve homelessness.

Thats an indictment of Government.

It's not an excuse or justification for tax avoidance and hypocrisy.

P_1 · 26-12-2018 11:10pm

Why didn't the fawning middle class masses not boo the prick when he started busking?

Bono urges crowd to dig deep for homeless

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